GOP senators to dine with Cain tonight

Herman Cain is not well known on Capitol Hill, but he's starting to make the rounds with senators as he sits atop national polls.

Republican sources say he's scheduled to have dinner tonight at Bobby Van's Grill in downtown Washington with a group of GOP senators - many of whom don't know much about him other than what they read in the papers.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the dinner was scheduled long before POLITICO reported about the sexual harassment allegations that have since rocked Cain's campaign.

"I never met Herman Cain, I'm going to meet him tonight at dinner," said Graham, who is expecting the Cain controversy to die down. "He's going to meet some people in town. I think people are intrigued by him."